Reviews tagging 'Alcoholism'

The Eighth Girl by Maxine Mei-Fung Chung

3 reviews

addythebookbat's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious sad tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Child abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Fatphobia, Incest, Mental illness, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Racism, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Trafficking, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, and Gaslighting

amberinpieces's review

challenging mysterious tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Cursing, Drug abuse, Drug use, Incest, Mental illness, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Medical content, Trafficking, Medical trauma, Death of parent, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Alcoholism, Body shaming, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Misogyny, Sexism, Forced institutionalization, Vomit, Grief, and Suicide attempt

Minor: Animal cruelty, Animal death, and Suicide

allzen_nochill's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious medium-paced

• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

Y'all, I LIKED THIS. It's been a minute since I read a good thriller. I love the idea of a protagonist with DID, so often folks with this disorder are relegated to being villains. I can't say whether this is an accurate portrayal of what living with this disorder is like, but as an outside observer it seems to be careful, researched, and sympathetic. The twists actually surprised me, which is how I always judge a good mystery, and I loved the author's writing style - letting us linger on sentences that needed some marinating & yet punchy where it needed to be. I would love to see more from her.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Mental illness, Self harm, and Trafficking

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Incest, Pedophilia, Rape, Sexual assault, and Suicidal thoughts

Minor: Drug abuse, Drug use, and Blood